Carter described his experience at the Kelly home to CBS 42 in December 2016:

The couple was arrested in November 2016 after their adopted son was admitted into a hospital in near-death condition, Helena Police say. According to the lawsuit, the 14-year-old boy weighed only 47 pounds when he was admitted. He “spent an average of 23 days in a concrete basement with little more than box-springs, a strip of fly paper and an Algebra textbook,” the lawsuit claims.

The Kelly home in Helena (CBS 42)

The lawsuit says the boy was monitored by his adoptive parents through a video surveillance camera, fed once a day, and ate food other than what his family members ate. This lasted for two years and ended after he was brought to a hospital, according to the lawsuit.